Search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter at the CERN SPS NA61/SHINE experiment

TL;DR

The NA61/SHINE experiment investigates the phase transition and critical point of strongly interacting matter by analyzing nucleus collisions at different energies, aiming to identify signals of deconfinement and critical phenomena.

Contribution

This study provides experimental data and analysis on the onset of deconfinement and critical point signatures in heavy-ion collisions at CERN SPS energies.

Findings

Evidence of deconfinement onset observed

Signatures consistent with critical point expected at certain energies

Detailed analysis of collision data across various nuclei sizes

Abstract

The NA61/SHINE experiment performs a detailed study of the onset of deconfinement and search for critical point of hadronic matter by colliding nuclei of different sizes at various beam momenta from 13A to 158A GeV/c. Experimental setup and results on the theoretically expected signatures are discussed.